Shia Cleric al-Sistani Sends Recommendation To Tehran for the New Leader of Iraq

The Shia Cleric Ali Sistani has given his recommendation to lead the next Iraq government. The Shia Cleric recommended the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar al-Hakim. Al-Sistani sent a letter to the Tehran government advising them that al-Sadr, had formed the largest coalition along with the Sunni and Kurdish political blocs. There has been no response as of yet to Al-Sistani’s letter to Tehran. I will keep you posted on further developments. Make sure you join my American Contractor Mailing list for any announcements regarding Iraq and the Middle East. You can click here to join.

Let’s hope they get it done ASAP. All we need is another 3 years of shoe throwing, stick pounding bitching sessions arguing about who gets what……. This is not good news IMHO.

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Joan Spengler

now what????????????????

Janice claypole

I think Maliki will keep it . His recommendation won’t take it from him . Right ? As far as the Dinar re-valuing , Maliki would be more likely to get to get it done . Is that right ?

Katherine

Thanks, Rick. Always enjoy your input. It always makes more sense than some others. So tired of hearing —– next week for sure. Week after week.

GrahamB

Interesting. Either Ali Sistani is suffering from a healthy dose of insanity or megalomania!

Does he thing Tehran can dictate to the current government of Iraq?, and simply overthrow the democratic vote of the people!

It will be a grand day when the Islamic clerics drag their heads out of the past a join the real world for the first time in 1500 years.

Pat Riot

I hope that happens. We will see even though AC you are a Maliki supporter!!!

goomba1

Wow, that would be a knock out…

dss

Why cant they all just get along

Bob LeBleu

Thanks for this latest update. Politics, don’t you just love it.

Richard Dunne

It doesn’t matter what that Neanderthal writes or who he sends it to. It’s just another political ploy to get more concessions out of Maliki.

TimBitts

Maybe Iran is pulling the strings. Maybe Tehran is upset with Maliki. Maybe people in Iraq think Maliki is too much of a d***head…..maybe Iraq needs a dickhead, maybe they need a leader who is more of a mediator. Who knows? Who would make a good leader? Who knows what works, and what doesn’t? Politics is always always always more complicated than it first appears. Quite unpredictable…..sometimes a strong like Maliki is what holds things together, sometimes a strongman like Maliki is what tears things apart… If Maliki leaves, is this good or bad? I for one believe that sort of thing is more than impossible to predict…..only time will tell, really.

….maybe bargaining tough with the Kurds will keep the Iraq family together, maybe it is the thing that will break it apart. Maybe being tough with the Sunnis will bring order, or maybe it will start a decade long civil war, screwing up everything. Who knows, really? Anyone who says they know what is right, beyond a shadow of a doubt is a fool. Life is more complicated than anyone of us, and every human being sees enough to have an opinion, but no human being sees enough to be absolutely right about all this…..that’s why democracy was invented: because no one man is wise enough to make those kinds of choices, so we make our decisions, about our rulers, based on the wisdom of the crowd, and the interaction between powerful players…..and that is exactly the way it should and must be.

Let this thing play itself, as it will, for good or ill fortune……

jon

Wisdom of the crowd? So mob rule is the way to go. That’s wrong! That’s why our Founding Fathers were soooo smart and wise, because we are a REPUBLIC not a democracy. But things have changed since then, and everyone who has come up through the public non-education system and thinks our country is a democracy and “the crowd knows what’s best” mentality. That’s why the government controls the media, to control the crowd or the sheeple so they can influence them on how to think, act and live. Great system.

andyg

Thanks for the update AC.

wittsend

It is most certainly NOT GOOD to give in to Iran for anything.
It is only good for IRAN…